Potential advantage of self-collection is that it could improve access to health care, reduce healthcare costs and save time for patients and providers. Available data have been reported with the use of specimen transport medium (STM), but the use of dry vaginal swab may potentially offer similar reliability than standard STM. Small studies suggest that HPV test (PCR) sampled by physicians using dry vaginal swab seems to be as accurate as those performed in a standard medium for HPV detection9,10. Dry vaginal swab offers potential advantages in terms of being more convenient for collection and is less expensive than a vaginal swab placed in a transport medium.